What is CVE-2018-5969?

CVE-2018-5969 is a high-severity vulnerability in Photography Cms Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-01-24.

How severe is CVE-2018-5969?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in Photography Cms Project

CVE-2018-5969

Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) exists in Photography CMS 1.0 via clients/resources/ajax/ajax_new_admin.php, as demonstrated by adding an admin account.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2018-01-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Photography Cms Project — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43867/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5969?: CVE-2018-5969 is a high-severity vulnerability in Photography Cms Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-01-24.
How severe is CVE-2018-5969?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.